Crazy O'Quilts' Family Carries On ...

Making of masks...:  14 on the good side; one all wrong.
Who gets crabby concentrating on the failure?????
Even Stitch cannot bear to look at it.

The accurate masks will be mailed to friends on Monday.

 O'Quilt news:
We have had no dishwasher for two weeks..it is old and rotten and not working.
For the past two days, we have had no hot water..
What we do have is:
A big back yard for the children, 5 sewing machines, several boxes of Trader Joe's Shiraz wine,
Chocolate, Enough food and certainly enough fabric..
And, each other...

Dylan does not do his homework.
He does his reading with his sister and he does his math because he likes math.
However: my guess is that he is not the only 10 year old skipping out on Science and Social Studies.
He does read every day...under great protest.

We are all learning new things.
Home school learning....Dylan pressure washing.

We have the O'Quilts' grands in combat gear...ready to fight.off whatever comes to us.
We have Lynsey telling her grandmother to calm down, breathe and be patient???????

Grandma was reading outside in the cold, getting  I admit, a bit irritable.
No hot water and very little elastic.
When....Wahoo...in the mailbox came elastic,that I did not remember ordering!!

My son drained the hot water heater and now we have hot water.
I am the luckiest person ever.
 I just love a good hug...not many people can give a good hug.
Isolated me...is grateful to have my grandchildren with me to hug on..

My son is making pancakes for dinner with the help of his children.

I am in my sewing room...a place of peace.

Mask sewists....

Check out this link:

Mask making kit on sale for 50 masks

I ordered one a few hours ago and it already has shipped.
Stay tuned.....

Love this u-tube song.

The Mask Maker

PS  Sorry I do not know how to adjust the font size.!!!

Now, we have a tornado warning...Jeeze Louize...
I am staying up to watch this...Wind and hail...OMG
I certainly  hope this leaves us all alone!!
Hope it does not blow away my new elastic!!!!!

Ending this post as I watch the news....is a picture of our O'Quilt's  family connection in Ireland.
Cousin Ann said it was a lovely day...thus she is sewing outside!!!!
In Ireland, she is sewing outside and in Charlotte, we are awaiting a tornado.

Tornados missed us...whew...
Crazy life!!!
Be safe!

The Air so Clear, after the Storm...

Last night I finished Ava's two sided mask.  She is my grand's little sister,

Ava just turned two..I loved making her mask.

This isolated extrovert (ME) wants to have lunch out with her friends.

Instead, she is making masks and hanging them outside on her Clematis for a picture!!

I am officially out of 1/8 and 1/4 inch elastic

Sad news here..

I have been scammed by Lone Wolf....I ordered 1/5 size elastic for mask making...It was promised Friday...Now I am told they lost it...When I went to Amazon...I see a long list of complaints that say the same thing...money not refunded, elastic not shipped, elastic lost..
.I cannot believe this...grrrr.
Who scams someone buying elastic????
Ugh..might have to switch to bias binding ties...but I do not like that.
Of course, I hate scams more.

A lovely 6 foot visit with a friend who just happened to have a tiny bit of elastic to share.
And, some wisdom to impart!!
Tonight a great Zoom with my Wednesday night quilters.(Thank you , Drenna)
A gunny sac bag UFO...ready to finish tomorrow...
Oh, heavenly day...a finish...wonderful!!

Dylan....dressed by his sister to play FBI agent..

Yesterday was Stitch's birthday.  He loves us and we love him.
NO celebration from us, however...as he ate the head off a baby bunny and waited by the colony to get another one...then, beside my bed, I found a dead mouse and a tiny dead baby snake...Stitch is now 4..Evidently not old enough to know better!!!

The news announced that peak virus 19 date in Charlotte is June 8.  June 8?? 

 Did they say, June 8??

Thank God, it is spring, going into summer!!

My fifth and last MQG flimsy...spray basted by my son!!
Tonight he made dinner, cleaned the kitchen, removed wads of dog hair from sink pipes,and played some internet stick game with his children till midnight.
We are all messed up..Eamon and I stay up to 2 or 3 in the morning...to have some peace while the children are sleeping...I get up at noon and start making the children do their chores..
They so love it when I sleep in...They do video games, play FBI, etc.
They know that quiet children make for happy grandmas.
It was still hard for me to use this batik cat paws fabric...but I did!!!

Cathy...Thank you for this awesome note on grief:

"Swim in the deep end and feel it all, and when you're tired of swimming, tread.  When you are tired of treading, float.  When you are tired of floating, get out, dry off and sit in the warm sun.  Let the sun warm your bones and know you love him deeply and you are loved back."

Pauline Michaud...Thank you for doing my work for me on meters, etc.  Give me your email so I can thank you properly.
Today was a really lovely day.